Time off
So this weekend is a four day weekend. Next weekend, a four day weekend (for me only because I rule). Weekend after next? 4th of July. Another 4 days. And the weekend after that I start my two weeks of leave. I'm only coming home for the 4th of July though. It's not that I don't miss hanging out with everyone back at home but I can't afford and don't want to make so many trips home. If Katie and I are DYING of boredom during my two weeks of leave, maybe we'll come back for a second time but don't count on it.
So the FTX. It uh sucked. The weather went from blazing hot to raining to blazing hot again. I did get to come home twice for a shower though. I spent nearly the whole time being a radio operator, which is hardly a computer guy's job but whatever. But all my work wasn't unnoticed. I was recognized in front of all the company commanders, first sergeants, the command sergeant major, and the colonel and given a three-day pass (basically a free three-day weekend) and a battallion coin (not a medal but the next best thing). And I did work. I worked my ass off for the last week and a half. I honestly believe I deserve all this time off for once.
I'm playing through Half-Life 2. It's amazing.